Category: Powerful lessons

Every day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death. Do not let these small lives pass you by in a blur of indifference.” ~ Arthur Schopenhauer

Maya Angelou once wrote: You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you. This is why it’s so important… ~

Frank Sinatra once said “You’ve got to live each day as if it’s your last. Not in a reckless way, but in a way that makes you proud of how you spent it, should it really be the last.” This is what he meant… ~

The smartest man in the world, YoungHoon Kim, who has an estimated IQ of 276, has revealed the most important lesson in the world. Get ready, this is it… ~

Johnny Cash once said “Every morning I wake up, I remind myself that no promise was made for today. That’s where gratitude begins—in knowing this moment is a gift I didn’t earn, but still get to live.” Johnny Cash realized something profound that most of us never think about… ~

Einstein once wrote: “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” But what did he mean? ~

According to a study by the University of London, you lose 10% of you’re IQ if you make this common, every day, mistake. That’s twice as bad as the equivalent of being high on canabis! And yet almost everyone does this. Here it is… ~

Why the Most Intelligent People Often Feel the Least Confident (The Dunning Kruger Effect). Extremely confident people sound like they know what they’re talking about, but often it’s the reverse, which can lead to serious consequences. Here’s why, and how to deal with it… ~

Decisions are the foundations of your life — use ‘second order thinking’ to make better ones. This slideshow explains how. ~

How the ‘Reward Loop’ quietly controls your behavior (and most people have no idea). Here are the different types you face regularly and how you can reclaim control… ~

Why you should start new things before you’re ready. There’s never perfect time to make a big change like starting a business, or moving to a new town. The problem is, we wait. And because we wait, we postpone life indefinitely, until our dreams die. Try this instead… ~

You have one life. One chance to live your dreams. Don’t waste a minute in negativity. Create your dreams, not regrets. Here are 9 proven ways to make every day count… ~

‘Learned helplessness’: never fall into this trap. It’s incredibly common. And it’s the destroyer of dreams. This slideshow explains what it is and how to avoid it… ~

Leonardo da Vinci filled 7,200+ pages with ideas — here’s what you can learn from him ~

Courage is the beginning of everything worthwhile. If you obey fear, your life shrinks. If you face fear, your life expands. Here’s how to conquer fear… ~

Radical honesty: the key to creating the life you really want. This slideshow explains why ‘radical honesty’ is the single most important foundation of a life without regret. ~

One day you’ll wake up and realise how fast life went by. The years you thought were endless will feel like a breath on cold glass — there, and then gone. ~

Think Bigger: How Massive Goals Unlock the Life You Actually Want. How to set goals so big they force you to become who you’re meant to be. ~

Every decision costs you something. Not just money: Time. Energy. Happiness. The real cost of any choice is what you give up to make it. That principle has a name: Opportunity Cost. This slideshow explains how to use it to make better decisions… ~

Here are 8 things all people who lived to over 110 have in common. Living past 110 follows patterns—not luck ~

I spent the last five years researching history’s most successful people. And I discovered a key trait they all share. It’s so simple, it’s almost baffling… ~

7 mistakes everyone regrets. Most regret doesn’t come from dramatic failures. It comes from small, repeated decisions that feel reasonable in the moment but compound over years. ~

Why you should never read negative comments online, unless you know the commenter ~

Your life depends on one decision: essential or nonessential? It’s time to make a choice. ~

How to learn something fast and well. If you want to learn something important and learn it very well, try this simple technique… ~

The Comfort Crisis. It’s the truth we all intuitively know is true but prefer to hide from. And its the key to a rich life. Author Michael Easter explains how comfort is shrinking your life—and discomfort is how you get it back… ~

If you don’t take control of your time, other people will control it for you. And they might not have your best interests in mind. This slideshow shows how to use the Eisenhower principle to take back control ~

Act First, Confidence LaterTake small steps toward the thing you fear instead of waiting to “feel ready.”Action rewires your brain and shrinks fear—confidence grows from doing, not from thinking. Drop the Struggle With Negative ThoughtsNotice your thoughts without fighting or believing them—let them come and go. Resistance makes anxious thoughts stronger; acceptance takes away their…

How to deal with a sociopath. About four percent of people do not feel guilt, empathy, or remorse, and this neurological absence makes them capable of manipulation, exploitation, and harm without hesitation. Here’s how Dr Stout recommends you deal with a sociopath… ~

The top five regrets of the dying. After many years working in palliative care for people in their last weeks of life, Bonnie Ware noticed five regrets all her patients seemed to repeat over and over… ~